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During the pandemic, as people were urged to stay at home, the e-commerce platform Shopify rapidly expanded its presence in Japan. Among Shopify’s many features, the ease of customizing store design with themes—design templates for Shopify stores—is particularly noteworthy.
As more companies built e-commerce websites with Shopify, there was still no Japanese-language book on theme development.
“We want to help engineers who are struggling with theme development.” That wish inspired this book, which brings together the experience and knowledge our engineer Kawashima gained through client projects.
Alongside examples of customizing Shopify’s official Dawn theme, the book systematically explains how themes work, how they are structured and the syntax of Liquid. It shows both how to build and how to research, helping you apply what you learn in practice.
Support from many people through crowdfunding made it possible for us to write and publish this book!
We finally made it to publication! Thank you to everyone who supported us.
Hello Shopify Themes is for everyone interested in Shopify theme development, offering support throughout the development journey.
How is a Shopify theme structured? How do its parts work together? Where should you make changes to build the feature you want?
We sincerely hope this book can serve as a map, helping you find a path to implementation even for customizations that are not covered in its pages.
Front-end engineer at non-standard world, Inc.
After graduating from Rikkyo University’s Faculty of Letters, specializing in literary arts and thought, she worked in the web industry and joined non-standard world, Inc. in 2017.
She has built many original Shopify themes and appeared several times on Shopify Japan’s official Twitch program. She loves creating with words, often visits bookshops on her days off, and writes fiction in her own time. Her interests also include solo backpacking.
REWIRED interviewed author Kawashima for State of Commerce, a series focused on the specialists who create value for customers and markets behind the scenes of e-commerce: website and app development, logistics, inventory management and customer acquisition. We hope it offers a glimpse into the author’s thinking and personality.
Read Chapter 1 in full on our blog we do. Video guide to Chapter 3 as additional resources.
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We specialize in collaborative Shopify e-commerce development and consulting. In 2021, we received Shopify Partner of the Year, an award recognizing outstanding work among thousands of Shopify production partners in Japan. This book shares the knowledge we have gained from building many original Shopify themes.
The book is now on general sale. Printed copies are dispatched within one to two business days after purchase.
The included PDF e-book can be downloaded immediately from your order confirmation email.
Sayaka Kawashima
non-standard world, Inc.
B5 format, 248 pages
¥3,850, including tax
Purchase 10 or more copies in one order for a 30% discount—ideal for teams at production companies. Bookshops can also contact us about wholesale orders here through the contact page.
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The code used in the book’s examples is available on GitHub below. Please use it alongside the book.
Errata and a list of links from the book are also available there.
The videos mentioned on page 6—showing the finished customizations described in the book—are now available. They explain all of Chapter 3, beyond the customization examples alone.
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